“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” – Descartes

I am grateful for my parents. They may have been very busy and overprotective when I was a kid, but it made a positive impact on me. I was not allowed to go out of the house much, except when going to school and helping in our store. I have found peace and joy in being left at home alone to read books, solve puzzles or do handicrafts.

International Conferences: World Camp New York 2012, De La Salle WORLDS 2012, Cisco Live San Diego 2015, UX Australia 2018
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University Organizations: Electronics & Communications Engineering Society (ECES) and Lasallian Action for Institutional Development (LSAIDE

This page contains the decks I've created to get the Most Outstanding Treasurer award and to teach the knowledge I've acquired. As wise men say, when you teach something, you get to learn it twice; while helping another person. I’ll admit I’m not a very good speaker (yet). I conquered my speech deficiency when I was in elementary school. I was good at speaking memorized speeches and even won in elocution contests. But when it comes to impromptu speeches, I stutter. Now I'm working on regaining my confidence. I believe in time I'll be able to speak confidently on stage again. 😉🙏

Making this philosophy more fun by speaking it in other languages. We hit 2 birds here: learn a new language and be reminded of the wise words taught thousands of years ago. We get to reinforce the values when we read it, speak it and act it. The ultimate goal is to be it — embody it. As Marcus Aurelius said, “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” I’m currently practicing English and Turkish with Ali. I know a little bit of Russian and French too. I’m open to collaboration if you want to practice too. Read More

Taking notes & pictures was a force of habit when I was younger due to my forgetfulness. So I have accumulated a lot of notes over the years, now I'm decluttering and saving up physical space by saving my notes on the cloud. I don't have all the time in the world to scan everything so just uploading those I think could benefit others too. This contains some notes I have on various topics I studied like Engineering, General Sciences, Astronomy, Yoga etc.

Despite a lot of secrecy in the military, I was given the permission to take pictures, with the condition that I share the camera with the batch. Most pictures were taken by my commanding officers and batch mates. During the intense training, I got sick for a few days, but it did not hamper me from excelling in class and getting the awards: Top 1 with a rating of 95.84%, Highest Academic Rating of 96.40% and Highest Aptitude Rating of 99.49%.

Art, nature, places, humans and other living things I care about.

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Self-Affirmations:

• I am a free spirit with (just the right mix of) empathy, courage and vulnerability

• I spend more time & energy on traveling and relationships (with self, family & friends)

• I value art, simplicity and sensitivity over positions, possessions and triviality

• I aspire to love, serve & empower fellow humans; to spread love, light & kindness

Working with the Gaisanos last 2017 was a very memorable experience for me. Mr. John Gaisano Sr. was inspiring and humble. He was a man of service despite his social status and age. He personally picked us up from and brought us to the airport. He drove for us. His wife cooked for us. His son gave us their famous sausages as pasalubong. I remember Mr. Gaisano Sr. lifting our bags from his car to airport even if he can ask his employees, or better yet do it ourselves. He showed us his office and collection of books where he highly recommended NLP by Richard Bandler. He made a huge impact on me and so I bought the book... Read More

Practicing gratitude and trying to live a more mindful, serene life.

2022: A year of coping, conquering fears and fighting cancer.

Archiving good memories here with my partner, while we create new ones. Something to look back to for good energy, inspiration, motivation and maybe a lesson for the family we'll build in the future.